Robot Benri does the following:

# Motion detection. If your cameras detect motion, users are immediately alerted by Email.
# Strange object detection. If your cameras detect a strange object, users are immediately alerted by Email.
# Face detection. If your cameras detect a human face, users are immediately alerted by Email.
# Face Recognition. If your cameras detect a person who has been previously registered on Robot Benri, users are immediately alerted by Email.

Robot Benri is able to control up to 16 cameras locally or remotely, including USB and analog cameras, TV boards, capture cards, frame grabbers, camcorders, and network IP cameras. The program is able to broadcast captured videos through Internet. Captured videos can be viewed using any Internet browser.

It is able to detect intruders, identify strange objects or detect unusual motion and immediately, emit an alarm sound, record videos and broadcast them through Internet after sending emails having attached images of intruders.

You can control your cameras by using Email messages from any place in the world. In this way, remotely, you can move your cameras, record videos, take pictures, etc, by using easy commands contained in simple email messages.

Robot Benri has also a function called Guardian that is able to detect intruders and broadcast online images through Internet using Network Streaming or Publishing Points. Captured content can be viewed using any Internet browser. Also is able to send emails to users having several images of intruders.

You can program your Robot Benri to send you back, periodical emails with images from your cameras. For example you can receive images by email every 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes.

This program is able to create folders in your computer to administrate all videos and images which have been taken by your cameras in the past. That is, it creates a library of files, so that, you can consult them whenever you want in the future.

You can schedule your Robot Benri to record several videos during the day while you are not at home. Video files are compressed using a Windows Media Video (wmv) codec, highly reducing the volume of your videos.

Also you can schedule your Robot Benri to take a lot of pictures. All images taken by the Robot Benri are sent to a FTP server, so that, they can be observed from any place in the world.

You are able to send commands to the Robot Benri by mean of simple email messages, in order to:

* Broadcast online video through Internet.
* Ask the Robot Benri to send you back Emails with attached images from your cameras.
* Activate your surveillance system by mean of the Guardian function.
* Ask for periodical emails with images from your cameras.
* Move your PTZ cameras to any desired angle.
* Change zoom values of your cameras.
* Record videos-audio files.
* Take pictures, etc

Robot Benri is able to control almost all type of PTZ Cameras available on the market.

This program is able send you by Email a complete report of activities given during the day. So that, you can see what happened at home while you were absent.

Of course, all of these functions can be done from any place in the world. In case of having a cellular telephone able to send and receive Email messages, you can send commands and receive Emails with images directly from your cameras while you are in a bus or while you are at the office.

Note: Video capture devices are not necessary.